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Saturday, February 12, 2011

It's nearly the middle of February and I'm just getting around to posting..ugh. I will be having to put the dolls I'm currently working on, aside for a few weeks to take care of this in addition to a wonderful opportunity that has come my way. It's not something I can talk about but it involves creating some new pieces with a deadline or two in the very near future. I'm pretty excited about it, pinching myself in fact, and will talk about it at a later date :)

In the meantime I wanted to let you know where I was at since those on my mailing list know I was planning for a shop update later this month but it will need to be pushed back a little, as part of my Spring update. I did want to give a little hint as to what I had been working on. Since my last doll Anastaica, I have been creating more floral crowns, wreaths. These two pictured are made using sterling silver wire, silver dipped beads, and watercolor paper. Each flower/leaf is handpainted with gouache and watercolor. I can never find exactly the kind of flowers I want and when I do they are often the wrong size, so I chose to make my own. They aren't finished and I'm not sure that I'll be using these two as they are a bit too "static" and I want ones that are more lively and full of movement and a bit more realistic looking. I have plans for more assymetrical wreaths to adorn the heads of my future dolls.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Greetings and welcome to my blog! For those visiting for the first time my name is Christine Alvarado~ I am a life long artist and a doll maker since 2005. I am originally from the Monterey Peninsula in California and I currently live in Bend, Oregon with my husband and five year old son. Shortly after beginning this blog in 2007 I came across Lisa Swika's blog A Whimsical Bohemian as she was preparing to host the second OWOH event. One World One Heart was started as a way for bloggers worldwide to get to know each other and I have met many wonderful creative people over the past several years. This is the fifth and final One World One Heart event and giveaway (and my fourth time participating in it) and I want to thank Lisa for organizing this fantastic yearly get together! :)

Anastcia wearing paper crown of flowers,leaves and butterflies

As my door prize this year I thought I would combine elements of the past few dolls I have given away for previous OWOH events into one doll (paper crown, glass domes, swan theme, etc.). Her name is Anastacia ( a past blog event name reccomendation) and the description of my doll follows at the end of this post including which accessories she comes with~.

To enter my giveaway just leave a comment below~I always welcome doll name suggestions, book, music and movie reccomendations and please let me know where you are from :) I will be picking a winner via the random number generator on Feb 17th and will announce the winner here. If for some reason you are unable to leave a comment here on my blog (this inevitably happens for some reason) just send me an email at dubuhdudesigns@aol.com and I will add your comment to this post. :) Thank you so much for stopping by and be sure to head over to Lisa's blog as she is not only the host but participating in a giveaway as well! You can click on the links to the other bloggers participating with their own giveaways while over there or by clicking on the avatar below:

~Drawing ends at 3pm (PST), Thursday Feb. 17th~

Comments are closed and I will return this evening with the winner!

~D o l l D e s c r i p t i o n~

"Anastacia" is an articulated Art Doll made of polymer clay. She is approx. 14.5" tall from her toes to the tip of her crown and is painted with European artist acrylics and sealed with a satin/matte uv varnish. Her hair is made of black English Viscose and the crown* (along with the flowers on the neckline of her dress) are in the shapes of butterflies, flowers and leaves. The crown is made of water color paper, pearlized "champagne/taupe" color acylic paint, sterling silver wire, glass and silver dipped beads. Anastacia's dress is asymetrical and made in a patchwork/shabby style using new and vintage lace, dupioni silk, satin silk, metallic silk, tulle, jacquard & velvet ribbon in various shades of ivory, silver, taupe,etc.(clothing is not removable).The beading/sequins on her bodice and skirt were sewn on by hand. Her leggings are painted black and her shoes are painted a pearlized ivory color and embellished with embroidered trim. Anastacia's arms and legs are connected to her body using sterling silver wire and findings. This doll comes with a tiny glass dome that contains a miniature version of her riding a swan that I sculpted and painted using polymer clay and acrylics.

Please note: I used several arms for this photo shoot. The doll will arrive with the pose above. She does not stand or sit on her own and should be propped up or have support from a doll stand (not included). Doll does not come with wings ~only the glass dome :) "Anastacia" was made specifically for this event and as with all of my dolls lots of love and attention went into her creation. I hope you enjoy:)

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Greetings! I'm running a bit behind on listing the doll images for tomorrow's shop update but I thought I'd go ahead and post the ornaments tonight. As you can see I have just three that will be available (I ran out of time to finish the rest but I may have them available in Feb. as Valentine ornaments). These three are approx. 8" (from head to toe) and 5" wide from the widest part of their paper skirts. They were fashioned after my Doll "Brighid the Wind's Bride" that I made this past summer including the same decorative embossed paper that I used for her dress. They are not as elaborately decorated but do include tiny cutouts of butterflies, dragonflies, and leaves. I added crystal glitter to the bodice, head dress and accents on the dolls so that they give off just the right amount shimmer in the evening light, perfect for the Christmas tree. And their black slippers are coated in ultra fine black glitter (photos taken during the daytime so it's hard to see).

Each is holding a cotton ribbon (coffee stained and starched to hold it's shape) with the same quote by R. Tagore:

I'll be back Sunday morning with the dolls that will be in my shop update which starts at 1pm Pacific. Sorry for the delay but whenever it gets really cold here my hands do a number on me by splitting really bad. My hands look like I attacked a throny rose bush and the bush won. I have to wear gloves and go a bit slower..not very practical when working with silk, paper, a camera and a self imposed deadline :)

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"Tallulah", 2009

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